Career Profiles

Tech and health are mashing up big time today to do incredible things like making huge amounts of medical data available quickly and allowing doctors to treat distant patients through robotics. You don’t need to be a doctor to save lives!

Informatics professionals ensure behind-the-scenes computing technologies and communications networks provide flawless support. They take pride that their work saves lives in the information-rich health systems of the 21st century.

Help desk/IT support specialists are the first to know if employees or customers are experiencing problems with their information technology (IT). They use excellent problem solving skills to figure out a fix and get things to run smoothly as soon as possible.

Digital humanities mash up age-old disciplines like history and philosophy with the benefits of computing technologies to create tech careers in new areas like libraries, museums, government and university research centres.

In today’s digital age, the illustrator is no longer just an artist but also a tech-savvy professional who works with the latest digital tools to tell visual stories that sell, inform or simply entertain.

Information technology (IT) consultants stay in the know on the hottest technology trends around. They think like project managers to take tasks like developing new information systems (IS) from start to finish for their clients.